NEET2002BotanyTransport in PlantsActual
If turgor pressure becomes equal to the wall pressure, then
Options
- Awater leaves the cell
- Bwater enters the cell
- Cno exchange of water takes place
- Dsolute goes from the cell into water.
Correct answer
C. no exchange of water takes place
Step-by-step solution
The pressure that develops in a cell from time to time due to osmotic diffusion of water molecules into a cell that causes stretching of the cell wall is called turgor pressure. Due to turgor pressure, rigid cell wall offers resistance. This resistance works in a direction opposite to turgor pressure. But it is equal to turgor pressure and is called wall pressure. In this condition, no exchange of water takes place.